MATRIXSYNTH

Play him off, keyboard cat.

YouTube via muffwiggler.

"That'll do, keyboard cat, that'll do."

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Play him off, keyboard cat

YouTube via BrotatoChip.

"Keyboard cat haunts his dreams"

Update:

Dueling Keyboards

YouTube via BrotatoChip

"Keyboard Cat vs Keyboard Dog...to the DEATH!" Update via catsynth: I quite like this classic 8-bit keyboard cat :)

Yamaha SHS-10 MIDI Keytar FM Synth

via this auction

Note the demos below are of a circuit bent SHS-10 from the same seller. The SHS-10 up for auction is not yet circuit bent. The demos are meant to showcase what you can do if you were to circuit bend the SHS-10.

Cat-sio

flickr by synx508

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Yamaha CSY-1 ( SY-1 ) Analog Synth / Organ GX1 Filter

via this auction

"In 1974 Yamaha released their first ever synth, the SY-1 which was also available in the rare form of the CSY-1 which we have here, a funky 2 manual organ with the SY-1 built-in and playable from either the upper keyboard or the 13 note bass pedals.

The sound is amazing, organic, unique and very expressive too thanks to Yamaha's excellent pressure sensitive keyboard (aftertouch) which can be assigned to various parameters. The presets are pants as you'd expect but get tweaking and it really comes to life. It's something a bit different. The sound is in my opinion very similar to the mighty Yamaha GX-1's monosynth section and I have been told that they even share the same filter circuitry, if not more. (The GX-1 was made in 1975). If you can't find a GX-1 for sale or just don't have £100,000 or so to pay for one but simply must have that bubbly warm early Yamaha sound then here's your solution.

From the CSY-1 operation manual, "Do not be alarmed if sound rattling (sympathetic vibration) occurs. All materials have critical resonance frequencies at which they vibrate. Since the CSY-1 produces continuous tones, it is only normal that some will cause windows, shelves etc. to rattle."

The CSY-1 has it's own amplification/speakers built in and even has a real built in Leslie type 2 speed rotary speaker, the synth sounds great through this and the spring reverb is very sweet too.

Have a listen to Royksopp, see if you can spot it, it's one of their favourite synths. You can get an idea of the sounds on Youtube. Search for Yamaha SY1 / SY2, there are a few demos, also search for a Youtube video called Synth Barocco, the soundtrack is exclusively CSY-1. You can also download the whole CSY-1 manual if you go to the Yamaha online manual library."

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GUITAR SYNTH JOHN MCLAUGHLIN'S 360 CONTROLLER

via this auction

auction details: "I picked this up through a famous guitar maker friend (ken parker of the parker fly ) who made the scalloped neck for john's guitar.
John used this with a hex pickup to control a mini-moog per string!
I confirmed that this is the one with bob easton of 360 systems back in the late 70's.
This is a important piece of rock memorabilia from one of the guitar greats.

This apparently costs $10,000 when he purchased it without the mini-moogs. here is an interview where he mentions it. go to this link this is how i found this price"

Vocal Filter 17

flickr by fonitronik
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Jim Patchell Vocal Filter by fonitronik

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MoogerFooger Cluster and Analog Rig

flickr by brotherloco
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Moog Synth

flickr by Peter William Vinther Sørensen

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"This is without doubt the coolest guy ever"

do bem™ - Suco de Laranja 100% fruta (MPC de torradas)

do bem™ - Suco de Laranja 100% fruta (MPC de torradas) from do bem on Vimeo.

The Breakfast MPC sent my way via khoral
"Ingredientes: Laranjas fresquinhas, funk carioca e uma pitada de bom-humor.
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Art direction and Creation
Hardcuore - hardcuore.com

Design and Animation
Breno Pineschi e Rafael Cazes

Audio Effects and MPC Tropical Soundtrack
Joao Brasil

Colaboration / Thanks
Joana Angert"